Madi's therapy

Today is Friday, June 19, 2008. Madi had a busy therapy day on Wednesday. Her physical therapist and occupational therapist came at noon. They were very impressed with Madi's strength. She is crawling strong right now and consistently pushing herself up to a tent position. She worked on going up a stair several times and then wore out. Her OT brought her some new toys to hopefully help her when it becomes wheelchair time. One is an energizer bunny that plays music. She pushes a button which triggers the bunny to dance and play the drums. The other is a button with recorded voices that she presses and then hears the words or song. I recorded itsy bitsy spider, which she likes and later Morgan had already discovered how to record her own voice and recorded over me. Then later that day we saw our AEA teacher. She played with blocks, balls, puzzles, and looked at some pictures to identify. We are trying to help Madi make a transition in January to preschool. Her final appt for the day was at Genesis for an evaluation so that she can begin water therapy. We met her therapist and had fun playing with toys there too. She was exhausted on our way home. On Friday the whole gang came to watch me play vball and then we were going to see a movie playing outside, but unfortunately the rain ruined our fun. So we went to our friend Erin's house and played with her niece and nephew. Madi had a great time playing with large Duplo blocks. Malorie and I got the flyer done for Madi's benefit on September 20. I am excited to have the planning underway. Today was another crazy day. Madi was so happy to see Grandma Maureen coming to visit. Of course we went to the mall. On the way there Molly was asking for gum. When I said we would buy some somewhere Madi yelled out,"Yeah Gum!" It was hilarious! Then we went to our best friends' Nana's wedding and it was a lot of fun! We took lots of pictures with our best friends, Cade and McKenna. Then Nana, who looked so beautiful, took a picture with the Ramirez girls too. After that we went to our friends the Dekeyzer's house. We had lots of fun at the cookout and playing. Madi ate a little sand but all is well. Of course before bedtime, as always, she stated "I hungry!" That seems to be her attempt to avoid bedtime lately. Now all is well and the house is quiet, FOR NOW! Thanks for keeping Madi in your prayers. God Bless!